Comments

Comment by Shuror

New gem in patch 2.2.0. Very useful for PvP.

Comment by Rutina

Best PVP gem overall for a blue socket assuming you already have enough of a health buffer. Solid Stars of Elune are probably better for less-geared PVPers. By the same token, these are worth using over Mystic Dawnstones in yellow sockets until your health is up to a comfortable level.

Comment by Carkasjak

From the 2.2 ptr patch notes:

A new recipe for Steady Talasite is now available from the Halaa vendors, at the cost of research tokens. This superior green gem grants resilience and stamina.

Comment by Zupkew

imo they are worth using over mystic dawnstones even with 12.5k hp, at least on glad shoulders since you get the socket bonus of 3 resilience. atm i'm with 5 dmg + 6 stamina and mysitc dawnstone, but in patch i'll get 2 steady talasites

Comment by Quttan

At the moment I'm buying all the Talasite on the AH for around 10-12 gold, but after 2.2 I'll get them made into these and make a killing selling them all for 40-50 gold. Don't count these as useless when you get them or see them for low prices on the AH quite yet, you could regret not saving them.

Comment by ipwnu

if i use "Mystical Skyfire Diamond" and i only use Steady Talasite does it work ? or depends on in what socket i use ? like i put it in a blue socket , it counts as a blue gem. and if u put it in a yellow socket it counts as a yellow one ?

Comment by antiwarlock

2x Steady talasite = Mystic Dawnstone and Solid Star of Elune

Comment by lol123123

If you are sick of being a blood squirt on the Arena floor, I'd suggest stacking these babies up, All over in your gear.

Comment by noherczeg

According to the items wich you get from honor, you can see, that they reqire yellow gems. Now if you want the socket bonus ( wich is a very-very nice plus ) you should only put this gem in them :-)

Comment by Shivacode

Currently the best gem for any arena (disc) priest, unless they make a non-unique version of the healing/resil combo gem out of Heroic Arc or an epic version of this gem that uses Seasprays. There is a similar version in Heroic Ramparts (Steady Cryophase) that gives one more resilience rating, which really isn't worth farming for unless you're really poor or you happen to get it doing the heroic daily.

Next patch, the heroic gems will be non-unique which means you can farm out Heroic Ramps and Arca to gem up your PVP gear for free.

Comment by Lolzwut

Possibly the cheapest way to level Jewelcrafting beyond 350. Took me (as a draenei, +5 JC) 38 gems to get to 375, equalling (max 8g each at AH) 304 gold spent, The last levels are a pain (took me up to 7 gems per skill up if I recall correctly) so you might wanna change at 370.

It would take more for non-draenei (I think), according to Wowhead there is no "Orange" level range on most gems, but I only cut gems from 300 onward whilst levelling and saw quite a few orange ranges.

Having said that, I assume it doesn't take any skill whatsoever to craft the gems, but rather to learn them you need to have the skill. I was getting guaranteed skill-ups at 350, yellow at 355 (maybe 360, I forget) but they should (and probably are, to non-draenei) have been yellow from 350.

Overall, good gem to skill-up and sells for about the same (maybe a little less/more) than what you bought the uncut gem for (but supply might become a problem)

Design requires no reputation status like most at that level, but to purchase them you'll need four (4) Halaa Research Tokens, which you can get by trading in 80 Oshu'gun Crystal Powder (20 *4) when your side (alliance/horde) control Halaa. You can get the powder from all?/most monsters in Nagrand

Comment by Dannyt

as a warlock i use 2 of these in my chest and a 12 spell dmg gem. cheaper than using an 8 resi gem and a 12 stam gem for the same result also you dont drop the 4 resi socket bonus by changing a yellow slot for a blue gem

Comment by wastingtape

Notice how the price to sell to the vendor (3g) is higher than the average AH buyout price (2g). If you're looking for an easy way to make a few extra gold, you can buy these off of AH for the 2g price and sell them to a vendor, cutting a 1g profit.